The latest officially reported population of Madagascar was 31,964,956 in 2024 vs 23,410,331 people in Taiwan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Madagascar's population is 33,368,335 people compared to 23,308,308 in Taiwan.
Population statistics:
- Madagascar's population is 1.43 times bigger than Taiwan's.
- Madagascar is ranked the 49th most populous country in the world, while Taiwan is the 60th.
- The countries together account for 0.69% of the world: 0.4% for Madagascar vs 0.28% for Taiwan.
- For the last 10 years, Madagascar has had an average growth rate of +2.6% per year vs +0.03% in Taiwan.
- Since 2005, the population of Madagascar has increased from 19.2M people to 33.4M (74.2% growth), while Taiwan has grown from 22.7M to 23.3M (2.55% growth).
- Madagascar is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 85.3M people, while Taiwan's population already peaked in 2019 at 23.6M people and is projected to decrease to 10.1M people by 2100.
Madagascar vs Taiwan: live population counter
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| Current population |
33368335
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23308308
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| Population rank | 49/197 | 60/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.4% | 0.28% |
| One net population change |
41 seconds
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7.75 minutes
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| One birth every |
31.5 seconds
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3.9 minutes
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| One death every |
2.24 minutes
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2.6 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.88 hours
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11.2 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,795 | +47,029 |
| Daily growth/decline | +2,107 | +186 |
| Annual growth/decline | +769,024 | +67,790 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.47% | +0.29% |
| Population growth rate rank | 31/197 | 150/197 |
Madagascar and Taiwan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 5,111,029 | - | - | - |
| 1961 | 5,246,158 | 11,030,385 | 2.64% | - |
| 1962 | 5,384,150 | 11,392,513 | 2.63% | 3.28% |
| 1963 | 5,525,185 | 11,762,101 | 2.62% | 3.24% |
| 1964 | 5,669,863 | 12,137,143 | 2.62% | 3.19% |
| 1965 | 5,819,116 | 12,511,863 | 2.63% | 3.09% |
| 1966 | 5,974,279 | 12,874,153 | 2.67% | 2.9% |
| 1967 | 6,136,486 | 13,210,344 | 2.72% | 2.61% |
| 1968 | 6,306,493 | 13,548,537 | 2.77% | 2.56% |
| 1969 | 6,484,716 | 14,068,984 | 2.83% | 3.84% |
| 1970 | 6,672,003 | 14,582,944 | 2.89% | 3.65% |
| 1971 | 6,868,868 | 14,913,564 | 2.95% | 2.27% |
| 1972 | 7,074,398 | 15,220,495 | 2.99% | 2.06% |
| 1973 | 7,288,048 | 15,505,121 | 3.02% | 1.87% |
| 1974 | 7,509,726 | 15,784,817 | 3.04% | 1.8% |
| 1975 | 7,739,336 | 16,075,128 | 3.06% | 1.84% |
| 1976 | 7,976,831 | 16,401,413 | 3.07% | 2.03% |
| 1977 | 8,222,240 | 16,730,895 | 3.08% | 2.01% |
| 1978 | 8,475,864 | 17,042,272 | 3.08% | 1.86% |
| 1979 | 8,737,581 | 17,372,779 | 3.09% | 1.94% |
| 1980 | 9,006,032 | 17,704,538 | 3.07% | 1.91% |
| 1981 | 9,279,011 | 18,029,982 | 3.03% | 1.84% |
| 1982 | 9,557,671 | 18,354,855 | 3% | 1.8% |
| 1983 | 9,843,044 | 18,653,146 | 2.99% | 1.63% |
| 1984 | 10,134,550 | 18,929,866 | 2.96% | 1.48% |
| 1985 | 10,433,142 | 19,191,510 | 2.95% | 1.38% |
| 1986 | 10,736,857 | 19,411,454 | 2.91% | 1.15% |
| 1987 | 11,047,291 | 19,617,046 | 2.89% | 1.06% |
| 1988 | 11,369,462 | 19,839,704 | 2.92% | 1.14% |
| 1989 | 11,704,998 | 20,055,492 | 2.95% | 1.09% |
| 1990 | 12,055,639 | 20,278,946 | 3% | 1.11% |
| 1991 | 12,421,412 | 20,503,568 | 3.03% | 1.11% |
| 1992 | 12,800,870 | 20,704,227 | 3.05% | 0.98% |
| 1993 | 13,197,345 | 20,899,019 | 3.1% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 13,613,850 | 21,086,645 | 3.16% | 0.9% |
| 1995 | 14,051,275 | 21,267,653 | 3.21% | 0.86% |
| 1996 | 14,510,711 | 21,441,432 | 3.27% | 0.82% |
| 1997 | 14,990,814 | 21,634,124 | 3.31% | 0.9% |
| 1998 | 15,489,364 | 21,835,703 | 3.33% | 0.93% |
| 1999 | 16,000,506 | 22,010,489 | 3.3% | 0.8% |
| 2000 | 16,516,338 | 22,184,530 | 3.22% | 0.79% |
| 2001 | 17,032,939 | 22,341,120 | 3.13% | 0.71% |
| 2002 | 17,549,913 | 22,463,172 | 3.04% | 0.55% |
| 2003 | 18,071,854 | 22,562,663 | 2.97% | 0.44% |
| 2004 | 18,606,608 | 22,646,836 | 2.96% | 0.37% |
| 2005 | 19,159,707 | 22,729,753 | 2.97% | 0.37% |
| 2006 | 19,730,909 | 22,823,455 | 2.98% | 0.41% |
| 2007 | 20,318,583 | 22,917,444 | 2.98% | 0.41% |
| 2008 | 20,923,840 | 22,997,696 | 2.98% | 0.35% |
| 2009 | 21,547,280 | 23,078,402 | 2.98% | 0.35% |
| 2010 | 22,183,340 | 23,140,948 | 2.95% | 0.27% |
| 2011 | 22,822,300 | 23,193,518 | 2.88% | 0.23% |
| 2012 | 23,462,438 | 23,270,367 | 2.8% | 0.33% |
| 2013 | 24,109,290 | 23,344,670 | 2.76% | 0.32% |
| 2014 | 24,764,348 | 23,403,635 | 2.72% | 0.25% |
| 2015 | 25,426,702 | 23,462,914 | 2.67% | 0.25% |
| 2016 | 26,099,952 | 23,515,945 | 2.65% | 0.23% |
| 2017 | 26,788,375 | 23,555,522 | 2.64% | 0.17% |
| 2018 | 27,494,926 | 23,580,080 | 2.64% | 0.1% |
| 2019 | 28,219,554 | 23,596,027 | 2.64% | 0.07% |
| 2020 | 28,953,556 | 23,582,179 | 2.6% | -0.06% |
| 2021 | 29,691,083 | 23,468,275 | 2.55% | -0.48% |
| 2022 | 30,437,261 | 23,319,977 | 2.51% | -0.63% |
| 2023 | 31,195,932 | 23,342,541 | 2.49% | 0.1% |
| 2024 | 31,964,956 | 23,410,331 | 2.47% | 0.29% |
| 2025 | 32,740,675 | 23,308,308 | 2.43% | -0.44% |
| 2026 | 33,522,048 | 23,205,944 | 2.39% | -0.44% |
| 2027 | 34,308,785 | 23,102,120 | 2.35% | -0.45% |
| 2028 | 35,099,853 | 22,996,693 | 2.31% | -0.46% |
| 2029 | 35,894,674 | 22,890,335 | 2.26% | -0.46% |
| 2030 | 36,693,182 | 22,781,040 | 2.22% | -0.48% |
| 2031 | 37,495,701 | 22,667,327 | 2.19% | -0.5% |
| 2032 | 38,301,308 | 22,549,689 | 2.15% | -0.52% |
| 2033 | 39,109,380 | 22,428,721 | 2.11% | -0.54% |
| 2034 | 39,919,948 | 22,302,402 | 2.07% | -0.56% |
| 2035 | 40,733,841 | 22,170,689 | 2.04% | -0.59% |
| 2036 | 41,551,309 | 22,034,775 | 2.01% | -0.61% |
| 2037 | 42,371,330 | 21,893,029 | 1.97% | -0.64% |
| 2038 | 43,194,142 | 21,746,001 | 1.94% | -0.67% |
| 2039 | 44,019,285 | 21,594,236 | 1.91% | -0.7% |
| 2040 | 44,846,889 | 21,436,947 | 1.88% | -0.73% |
| 2041 | 45,676,973 | 21,274,187 | 1.85% | -0.76% |
| 2042 | 46,508,810 | 21,105,682 | 1.82% | -0.79% |
| 2043 | 47,342,285 | 20,932,105 | 1.79% | -0.82% |
| 2044 | 48,176,594 | 20,754,623 | 1.76% | -0.85% |
| 2045 | 49,011,270 | 20,571,741 | 1.73% | -0.88% |
| 2046 | 49,846,522 | 20,384,903 | 1.7% | -0.91% |
| 2047 | 50,682,055 | 20,194,425 | 1.68% | -0.93% |
| 2048 | 51,517,342 | 19,999,753 | 1.65% | -0.96% |
| 2049 | 52,351,981 | 19,801,293 | 1.62% | -0.99% |
| 2050 | 53,185,464 | 19,598,997 | 1.59% | -1.02% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Madagascar increased by 6,266,995 people (a 32.7% growth), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Madagascar gained 7,941,633 (a 31.2% growth), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).
Madagascar was ranked 57th most populous country in 2005 and is 49th in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Madagascar's population will grow by 59.4% to 53,185,464 people with a rank change from 49th to 37th. The population of Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.
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Population differences between Madagascar and Taiwan
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| Life expectancy | 64 years | 80.9 years |
| Average age | 24.1 years | 44.1 years |
| Median age | 20 years | 45.1 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 50.2:49.8 | 49.3:50.7 |
| Fertility rate | 3.97 births per woman | 0.89 births per woman |
| Population density | 142.3 ppl/mi² | 1,675 ppl/mi² |
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